Taxis went off roads in the city on Friday with major taxi unions, including the Left-backed ones, calling for a day-long strike, causing inconvenience to commuters and passengers at railway stations and airport.

Commuters were left stranded and harried on Thursday as Kolkata's taxis stayed off the roads again after their unions called an indefinite strike to press for a fare hike and to protest "police excesses".

People were hugely inconvenienced with over 30,000 taxis remaining off the roads for the second consecutive day on Tuesday over their demand for releasing 22 arrested taxi drivers, who were granted bail by a city court in the afternoon.